From the Society’s Archives

Photographer unknown, date 7/30/1989

Photographer Mike Bertram, 5/14/2009

After re-roofing and refurbishment

Photographer Tim Lander, 3/30/2012

The barn was built in 1792. The Glass tax returns gives its dimensions as 55’ x 37’. Details of the barn are given in the references and are not repeated here.

• 1. Old Barn Gets Reprieve in Notes and Comments, TEHS Quarterly, vol. 17, #3 (July 1979);
• 2. Duportail Barn Demolition Stay Extended in Notes and Comments, TEHS Quarterly, vol. 17, #4 (October 1979);
• 3. Tour Tredyffrin in Notes and Comments, TEHS Quarterly, vol. 20, #3 (April 1982);
• 4. Chesterbrook Saga, TEHS Quarterly, vol. 40, #3 (July 2003);
• 5. A New Roof for an Old Barn by Tim Lander, TEHS Quarterly, vol. 48, #4 (December 2011);